MSRL copy Purchased from the C. Michael Gooden Endowment. Introduction: Unlocking relevance -- 1. What is relevance? -- A walk on the beach -- Meaning, effort, bacon -- Something old, something new -- ...

The word “relevant,” I was recently surprised to discover, shares an etymology with the word “relieve.” This seems obvious enough once you know it—only a few letters separate the words—but their ...